Not So Good Friday.
Well Friday was wierd…Jade spent the day with me, popped in to see Cam investigating money making schemes! Not much more to go on about really…
1 comment April 15th, 2006
Lost U-Gauge
Work today went kinda quick…Ended up in Morton Surrey which can be a bitch to get out of during rush hour, luckily I got off early. Back to Eastbourne one last call, then home for bath and change before of to Chain’s for dinner 😛
Nice bitta curry with noodles and all the trimmings then a spot of TV before dissapearing upstairs and logging onto my PC at home. Had a bit of a chat with Jo my Ex on MSN, she needs a shower cubicle, the all in one type I can guess what for too…Conversations with her tend to end abruptly, dunno whether I say something wrong or she just wanders off to do something else that needs doing in her scatty little world. But hey, whatever! Oh found out I lost my Manometer today (gas pressure guage) which really hacks me off as I purposely forked out for a decent one because I knew I would be using it alot. Few addresses to check back on tomorrow. First call East Grinstead so early start and I’m off to bed.
1 comment April 12th, 2006
Repeat This…
Well…Not alot to write about really, started getting some flack of of the guys on GB3ES today, that is the Hastings repeater and the guys in question are really a bunch of sad twats who have only just recently obtained the foundation license after operating as pirate radio operators for some time, this totally contravenes the the amateur radio licensing laws. The thing is this, they very seldom, if at all, follow the correct operating procedures whilst using the repeater and they tend to hog the repeater for assumingly pointless conversation. To add insult to injury most of them need not use the repeater at all as they are normally close enough to each other to use a simplex channel and chat direct. Some of the guys involved should know better as have been licenced for years. When monitoring the Hasting Repeater (GB3ES), there are echoes from the past there, the CB days on channel 19 and the endless monotony of keyers, music playing, bitchin, bad language and “Radio Checks,” and they have the audacity to compare me to a CB radio operator! Most of the original operators who used to be about on the 2 meter band have now gone else where because of the moronic attitude of this new breed of amateur radio licensee. Anyway, I’m thinking of dedicating a page on my site to these delightful people where names (and callsigns) will be mentioned just as a wind up! So keep an eye on the home page 😉
(((Deep Breath)))
ok…Gave the converted antenna a good testing today and operates really well, so chuffed with that. Popped into Chains for cuppa tea and several ginger nuts and choccy biscuits…Rahl was onboard too, came home and did nothing.
1 comment April 11th, 2006
Another Monday…
Finished early yesterday popped into Chains for a cuppa, Rahl was there too, seems he’s overloaded his PC with porn and now has problems with it. Though he denies this! Off home to set about making a mobile antenna to stick on the van, butchered an old 27MHz mag mount I had and it tuned up really well for 144mhz after a few minor modifications, went for a drive about to test it…
3 comments April 11th, 2006
Right! Let’s Get Wierd…
Tell me! Retro Suburban City Scape, ANOTHER SUNSET
The dying sun, red and swollen, goes down for the final time in a blaze of glory. A symphony of colour. Orange, red, green and violet dance across the horizon, leaving a last perfect skyline, a sad goodbye to humanity. Leaning over the balcony gazing at the illuminated landscape, now devoid of its once teeming life, you wonder why you decided to stay.
The Answer is Simple…
We Have No Choice!
5 comments April 9th, 2006
Coaxial Matching RULEZ!
Off to Chains for a serious go at this antenna design that has been frustrating us for a while. Positive results too, seems inserting the bare antenna in a plastic tube has a remarkable affect on the performance… So we tried an Idea that Chain had to use a better design for the matching part of the aerial using coax instead of twin feeder, this proved an enormous success in respect that the plastic tube had no influence on the performance and the specifications using the 70cm (430-440mhz) band were flawless. However, the 2 meter performance had somehow depreciated…Though acceptable, we both felt this problem could be overcome and improved. Unfortunately I had to nip off to fetch my Daughter who was at a birthday party and the experimentation which I was really getting into, was cut off. Also Angel (hi hun) had come back with some very tempting looking fresh mackeral and seemed dissapointed I had to leave..(sorry 🙁 )
My dad won £50 on the grand national at the local pub sweepstake and insisted I join him for a beer…
Not alot else really…
2 comments April 9th, 2006
